Public places urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design / Matthew Carmona.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban design process: shaping better places -- The shifting contexts for urban design -- The temporal dimension -- The perceptual dimension -- The morphological dimension -- The visual dimension -- The social dimension -- The functional dimension -- The design governance dimension -- The place production dimension.

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory, and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and re-structured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in turn by shifting global, local, and power contexts. At the heart of the book are eight key dimensions of urban design theory and practice-temporal, perceptual, morphological, visual, social, functional-and two new process dimensions-design governance and place production.